The Kristine Bonnevie lecture on evolutionary biology 2012 (abstract) will be delivered by Cori Bargmann (homepage). Bargmann is a Professor at The Rockefeller University, New York, USA. In May 2012 it was announced that she is being awarded the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. She will receive the prize from HM The King at a seremony 4 September.

The event will be introduced by the award winning popular science writer Carl Zimmer (homepage, blog), who will also participate in a discussion after the lecture.